WWII - 1944, Pacific, US Navy: Attack on USS Sangamon (CVE-26), 12Oct44

WWII - 1944, Attack on USS Sangamon (CVE-26), 12Oct44 Douglas SBD Dauntless landing on carrier; bullet splashes in water & tracers firing, pan with Jap Zeke plane low over water, tracers, flak. Smoke on horizon. 05:41:38 MS carrier w/ planes on deck. Overhead of men / plane handlers poured coffee on flight deck. Other ships. Airmen seated on edge of carrier / CV. 05:42:11 MS Destroyer / DD approaching w/ wounded Japanese pilot on stretcher; transferred in canvas bag & carried below. 05:42:54 Carrier w/ fire on tail. Another carrier smoking from ?? Tracers fired at diving plane, flames as it explodes near ship. 05:43:55 Carrier engulfed in heavy black smoke. MS Sailors in water; carrier burns at stern. Men on CV fighting fire; tracers fired. Plane overhead. 05:45:30 Man on phone on bridge, captain looking up, gun crews watching; captain pointing. LS Carrier. 05:45:56 High angle / HA of deck & planes visible. MLS smoking CV turning to pick up pilot, alongside; carrier. Destroyer alongside carrier. 05:46:35 Flak bursts, ships on horizon; closer. Pacific war; WW2; Philippines; Leyte Invasion Force; NOTE: May have been attacked on 20Oct44| NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk